Sweegaye Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sweegaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sweegaye Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1421:31,0462,951
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Sweegaye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sweegaye Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sweegaye is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sweegaye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,478,479th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sweegaye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 31,046. In Liberia Sweegaye is most common in: Grand Bassa County, where 42 percent live, Montserrado County, where 31 percent live and Rivercess County, where 13 percent live. Beside Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swegaye9327/
Sweegay936/
Sweegaya881/
Swegay865/
Suegay71224/
Swegea71103/
Sweagea670/
Suegea571/
Suegeya5321/
Swagiya531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sweegaye
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